Japanese commercial printer Harata Printing Co., based in Osaka, is keeping the focus on offset print business, while aggressively promoting and steadily expanding its digital print business. Agfa Graphics’ Apogee software helps them to establish an optimized workﬂow and to be successful in process improvements. “The main business of our company is offset printing and we use digital presses for ...

Investment in Esko Kongsberg C digital finishing platform to help maintain 30% year-on-year growth Esko is pleased to announce that Speedscreen’s £1m investment program included the addition of a fully-featured super-wide Kongsberg C digital finishing system. Specialized in posters, POP displays, POS and signage, Speedscreen is one of UK’s leading large format printers with a £2.2m annual turnover. The company ...

Xeikon 3500 installed inline with a Web Varnishing Module The Umur Group, founded in 1988 and headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, is a leading manufacturer of the printing industry. The group offers optimum solutions through its production, service and warehousing facilities on an area of 120.000 m² in Dudullu Organized Industrial Zone of Istanbul and its printing houses located in Ankara, ...

The modern way to ensure the utmost in quality X-Rite Incorporated, a global leader in color science and technology, announced the newly updated PANTONE Certified Printer Program for commercial printers and packaging converters that addresses new industry standards. The PANTONE Certified Printer Program reviews and analyzes every aspect of color operations— from preflight, file preparation and proofing, to ink formulation ...

Stefan Finger: “We are pleased to report that during the trials of the prototype of the evolution, we have already received several advance orders. Development does not stop here, with such an active R&D program, please continue to watch this space.” Stefan Finger, Head of R&D has been in the hot seat during the development of the ROLAND 700 evolution, ...

Xeikon Café campaign rewarded with IBIS 2014 Awards in category B2B communication the third edition of the two-yearly IBIS Communication Awards rewards the best Belgian communication campaigns and communicators. This event is organised by BPRCA, the association of leading Belgian PR agencies, and 3C representing key communicators of companies and agencies. A professional jury was composed of academics, journalists, digital ...

GEW have launched a new, faster version of their LED UV curing lab system to show their continued support for the research and development effort of UV LED ink manufacturers. GEW’s new ‘Magic Carpet’ LED lab system makes the task of developing and testing new UV LED ink formulations easy, accurate and ergonomic. It incorporates the same high performance LED ...

European region is an important driver for growth in waterless printing Toray Industries Inc., invited customers from the European newspaper industry and representatives of the trade press to jointly celebrate its Open House event on 24 September at the new state-of-the-art plant in Prostějov (Czech Republic): “We firmly believe in the future of waterless printing and the future of print.” ...